magnets

i had a piece in the globe and mail today. the story was a bit of a weird one - it was about an older man who likes playing with spherical magnets - and believes they help him think / use his brain.
for at least a few hours i had no idea where to take that. none. i started doing some research and came across this image of magnetic fields - the lines really seemed to look like the two halves of a brain (top view) - that was good enough for me - i worked for a while on other brain ideas - but they ended up going with this one. this piece is shown with the line work yellow - it went to print in brown, but i prefer it like this - a bit more subtle, i think. I've really cut away doing elaborate line work in the last few years - but it seemed a bit necessary for this. also tinkered with just pink outlines - but maybe its too subtle?heres some ideas that didnt make the cut - there were lots more, each relating in one way or another...